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Virginia Wesleyan held Washington and Lee scoreless for almost six minutes late in the first half, and the Marlins cruised to an 81-53 victory Thursday in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference quarterfinals at Salem Civic Center. Cam Owens recorded 16 points, while Greg Montgomery had 14 points and eight rebounds for VWC, which is seeded second in the tournament and ranked 10th nationally by d3hoops.com. Breven Lyons, a Warwick High graduate, had eight points, four assists and four rebounds. Freshman Clayton Murtha had 14 points for the Generals (11-16). The Marlins moved into a 3 p.m. Saturday semifinal against No. 3 seed Guilford (18-8), which beat No. 6 Hampden-Sydney 66-59 behind...

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